Candle-holder.



0. KAMPPE.

CANDLE HOLDER.

APPLIUATION rum) saw. so, 1911.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTTO KAMPFE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANDLE-HOLDER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, O'r'ro KAMrrn, a citizenof the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county ofKings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inCandle-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to candle holders, and the object thereof is theprovision of an article of this or like character, which is of simpleconstruction and is positive in action,

In carrying out my invention, I preferably employ a plurality ofswinging jaws adapted to engage and hold the candle or other article tobe supported and secured in position, a member in which the said jawsare pivotally mounted so as to swing, a member co-acting with theaforesaid member and with the said swinging jaws so that by a relativemovement between the said members the swinging jaws are moved toposition to clamp and secure a candle or other article in place.

In the drawing Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section of a candleholder illustrating the features of my present invention. Fig. 2 is aplan view with the candle removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on line :0m Fig. 1, and Fig. at is an elevation illustrating a modified form ofthe invention.

Referring to the drawing, my improved candle holder preferably comprisesa base 10 which may be made as illustrated in Fig. 1, or otherwise, andto which base a standard 11 is secured. As illustrated, this standard 11is preferably tubular and at its upper end is interiorly screw-threaded,as shown at 12. At its upper extremity the standard 11 is also providedwith a flange 13, preferably extending outwardly therefrom and atright-angles thereto.

Together with the base and standard I employ a head member whichpreferably comprises a shank 14 which is cylindrical and exteriorlyscrew-threaded to enter the upper portion of the standard 11 and to engage the screw-threaded interior thereof so that by turning the shank141 there is a relative longitudinal movement between the shank and thestandard 11. The upper or outer end of the shank .14.- is reduced incross-section, as indicated at 15, and fitting over this reduced end 15of the shank 1 1 I prefer to employ a pair of plates 16 and 17 which arepreferably circular in outline and Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 30, 1911.

Patented All". 13, 1912.

Serial No. 652,084.

each provided centrally with an opening 18 to receive the reduced end 15of the shank 14:. The plate 16 in its upper surface and adjacent to itsperiphery, is provided with a circular recess 19, and the plate 17 inits inner surface is similarly provided with a recess 20, so that whenthese plates 16 and 17 are placed together enjoining the parts, therecesses 19 and 20 are in juxtaposition. The edges of the plates 16 and17 in equally spaced positions are both provided with notches 21. I alsoemploy a plurality of swinging jaw members, each one of which isindicated by 22. Each swinging jaw memher is provided approximatelycentrally with trunnions 2-1, which when the swing ing jaw is passedwithin one of the notches 21 in the edges of the plates 16 and 17, lieswithin the space provided for by the recesses 19 and 20, it beingunderstood that as many of these swinging jaw members may be desired maybe employed, and in any case there are provided a corresponding numberof the notches 21, each to receive one of the swinging jaw members, andwhile I have illustrated three of these swinging jaw members, I do notlimit myself to the use of this number. 0n the outer or upper surface ofthe plate 17 I provide a disk 26, and passing through the same and intothe reduced end of the shank 1 1 is a screw 27, by means of which thedisk, the plates and the shank are secured together.

In order to assist in assembling the parts, particularly in bringing thenotches 21 in one plate into alinement with the notches in the otherplate, I may employ a pin 28, secured in the shank 14, projectinglongitudinally therefrom and passing into and through the plates 16 and17 in the recess therein, forming part of the opening 18, into which thereduced end of the shank 14 is received.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the upper end of each of the swinging jawmembers may be rounded and so shaped as to terminate in a point adaptedto engage the candle 29 to secure the same in position, and the lowerend of each of the swinging jaw members, or that portion of each ofthese members below the pivotal point are engaged at the inner edge bythe outer surface of the flange 13.

It will now be apparent that by turning the head member in the upper endof the standard, the distance between the engaging parts of the upperends of the swinging jaws may be varied to receive same and hold inposition a candle or similar article of any diameter within the limitsto which the swinging jaws may open and close. It will also beunderstood that while I have illustrated my invention as applicable to acandle stick, that the same may be used for various purposes, as forexample, in Christmas-tree ornaments, mops and other like articles.

In some instances it may not be desirable to have the candle engagingends of the swingiog jaws pointed at their eXeremities, and in suchinstances it will be apparent, as illustrated in Fig. 4, that theswinging jaws may be reversed in position, so that, as shown in thisfigure, the rounded portions of the engaging ends of the aws will comeinto contact with the candle, or other device, to grip and hold the samein position.

I claim as my invention:

1. A candle holder comprising a base and tubular standard at its upperend interiorly threaded and having an outwardly eX- tending flange, ashank eXteriorly threaded and screwing into said standard, a pair ofplates removably held to the shank and said plates notched at spacedintervals, a plurality of swinging jaw members, each havmg a cam surfaceon the inner edge below, but adjacent to the pivot and bearing upon thesaid outwardly extending flange, and means for pivotally connecting thesame in said notches to said plates, whereby the jaw members areactuated by the aforesaid flange.

2. A candle holder comprising a base and tubular standard at its upperend interiorly threaded and having an outwardly extending flange, ashank eXteriorly threaded and screwing into the said standard, a pair ofplates, a disk and a central screw for removably holding said plates tothe shank, and said plates notched at spaced intervals, means forbringing said plates into coincidence, a plurality of swinging jawmembers and means for pivotally connecting the same in said notches tosaid plates, whereby the jaw members are actuated by the afore saidflange.

Signed by me this 26th day of Sept. 1911.

OTTO KAMPFE.

Witnesses ARTHUR H. SERRELL, GEO. T. PINOKNEY.

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